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LOCAL DOTS ^ | ?A fine 10-pound son arrived lit the home of Mr. and Mrs. S E. A Hinson, Thursday, T11? instant. ? Mr. G. W. Baker, who is now in the well boring business, is boring a well just in rear of the Springs block, tor tho use of the new hotel. ?The infant eon of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Threat, of the Mill village, died Wednesday, aged ...... .1 w.?<- nay. i ne remains we<e buii eel in the new cemetery. ? Mr. J. I'. Wylie received a telegram yesterday from Kev. Paul Pressley, at. Due West, a'ating that, t-"e latler's father, ^ Dr W. L. Pressley, was in a dying condition. ?The A. R P. Sunday Schoo' picnic, which was to have b?eu held Thursday, was postponed on account of the critical illness ol Dr Pressley, father ol the beloved pastor, Key. Paul Pressley. ?Our good friend Mr. Geo. W, Baker presented us yesterday witli some luscious perches, of the Elbert a variety, raised on hie farm. Mr. Baxter Blackmon also had some fine peaches in town a few days ago, called the Mayflower. ?The famous boys' concert band of the Georgia Industrial Home, at Macon, gave a fine enV terfainment in the courthouse j here Wednesday night, under the auspices of tHo Daughters of the Confederacy. A good audience greeted the youthful musicians 4 and the concert was greatly en f joyed by all present. Death of Mr*, lietijamin, }Vat*ou. Mrs. Watson, wife of Mr. Benjamin Watson, and sister of Mrs. Samuel Lingl?y, died last Tues day night, at Mr. Watson's home here, alter a lingering illness. She was a daughter of Mr J no Hunter, now of this vi ini'y hut ori gin ally from Chesterfield. She w as about 25 years of age and is survived by her husband undone child. Airs. Watson was a most estimable, christian lalv ami leaves a large circle of relatives ami friends to lament her untimely death The remains were buried Wednesday in tiro new cemetery. +ltiother ('tnnUthitr for Coiif/rens ? I>r. Strait in the Kar.e. Our well known and popular ienow townsman iwjnnuress man I .J. Strait has decided to enter the present race for Con y , gics*. The other candidates so far known are the incumbent from this district, the Hon. I>. K. Finley, of York, and the Hon W. P. Pollock, ot Chesterfield. Dr. Strait, hi compliance with requests ol friends in Chester and York, visited those comities thin week, and lie says that our ' neighbors actoss tlie Cat aw ha m sisted so strongly on liien ei n. the race that be has decided o do so Notice to (irand Jurors You are hereby untitled that there will be NO JUNK TEKM 1900 of the Court of General Seationa foi Chiiou-. ter County, and the Grand Inrorn will, therefore, not be required to attend -aid term. .1. V GREGORY, ^ Clerk of Court. Lancaster, S C., J line f?, lttoti. PERSONAL "I Dr. J. B. Patrick spent a day 11 or two in Rock Hill this woek. e Judge Ira B. Jones returned \ from Coluin'-.a Thursday night, j Miss Alma Tillman, of Hick- t ory, N. C., is visiting relatives in I Vanw>ck. i Miss Gertrude Foster has been spending a few days with friends J in the Vanwyck section. Mr. It. N. Nisbet, of Waxhaw, ^ is visiting !>is biother, Mr. J. F. Nisbat. , Miss May Ferguson, student ot \ Converse College, returned home 1 Wolnesday, to spend vacation. t Mrs. Geo. F. Gat ling, of 1 , Raleigb, N. C., is visiting her 1 parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Pay- ' seur. 1 Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Wither* . . i spoon have returned from a visit to the latter's n:ir?hia in ri..rio_ den Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harris of , Waxhaw, N. <_\, spent Thursday ] wkli Mr. J. E. Taylor and (ami- j ly Master Fred Ferguson, of El- I 1 gin, visited his uncle, Mr. J. A. Hyatt, at Vanwyck, the past ] week. Mr. J. G. Howie, of Belair, 1 spent Thursday in Lancaster.? 1 He paid this otlice a pleasant call ' while here. ' < Prof. A. It. Banks, of Lancas- ] voi | u in i iic uny OfiuiiMitiy ^ greeting his numerous friends.? ( Rock Hill Herald. , Mrs. II. J. Mackorell and cbil- < dren, of Yorkville, are visiting 1 Mrs. Mackorell's parents, Maj. i and Mrs. J. M. Iiiddle. i Miss Clarice Knight, a beauti- 1 tul young lady of Lancaster, is ' spending a short while with Miss ( Inez Frew. ? Kock Hill Herald. Miss L ma Reed, who has just graduated from the Normal and Collegiate Insii. ute, of Asheville, iN C., returned home this week, j Mr. W. T. Williams, of Lan-| caster, S. C., was one of the vis itors at the Southern Manufac 1 urers Cluh y esterday.?C liar lot I e I i n. ...? i i vt-r. ! . i Mr. ami Mrs. Whits, of Hick j, lory (irove, li:tvn Ireen visiting j< their soi.s, Mr. C. I\. White, of ? tltis place, j: 11 < i Uev.J. M. \\ lii!e, ( | of Uniiy?Waxh'iw K titer prise. L | Mr .1. Kcliiar l\aii, oi KockM Hill, (ho wel known huHhngj1 real estate broker, sj oat Thurs-r day in Lancaster. Wo are in- ' 'debted io liiin f- r a pleasant call while in I lie "city." Toe It v.hik! M rs. It.K. 1 lougli, j oi WreiniH, (la , visited tho lor j iiiit'k inothor in this oonty tlii ... ?- *l it ? ' wt'CK. .Ml". LI(>IIlM? IlitH f? 0 <- 1111 > i tictviti il ci c !i !o T x;i>. l 1 ; Mr. J. I'. I) >*!??r ami si-'er?,'; M i>s?-s Aljii.'i'ie a i i Sit*i a. oi L it:- < n : | c'sf'-r, sj ert! List Sa'nf 'av mi<1 , Huni'aN a1 Mr. '1. 1). (.VmvmI-,r,? in | jilii' I> nil's (?1 ov't* iiei^lib'irhiMn). i ?W xli tw Kn'i r,?rt ?. j, M ish I'iif 11? -, Cmiitl. ii, sin ' ' Mini Vim Mis Tiueaclitie. *f K r 1 sliaw. s n -out > i?f Win'hr'.i ? (5<>l !eit?\ slnjipp'i ovi r lii-r drtv >: two lli;* wtit'i, wnii tlei> 11? iii-iii', Mia-* l' |!ie Sowrl , a< H.ey ' : v it tn 11 r.U 1110 <<i tin- imli. 1 ;<l ya IJ >' , ? iprim/tt Hotel Rented. Col. Leroy Springs's elegant lew hotel, at the corner of Main md Arch streets, has been leas- 1 id by Mr. S. W. Mitchell, proirietor of the Mitchel hotel.? d i. Mitchell expects to move into ha new hotel within tho next wo weeks. His present hotel luilding will be used as ajboardng house by Mrs. Fannie Jones. < 4?* Excltinu Itunawat/'.-Xo Serf' < ohm Oamtiffe />o?e. A lively runaway, with a few i ixtra trimmings, occurred here a I lay or two ago. Mr. Geo. \V. ! Baker's dignified old grayjmare i was standing hitched to a wagon i oaded with barrels of wa'er i alongside his engine and well- I boring outfit now stationed on the lot in rear of the Springs block. A sudden and shrill whis Lie on the part of the engine not un.y UHUseci 1113 old mare to sit tip and take notice but to hike out with full speed in the direction of Rives's Spring. The wagon wan whirled along at a terrific rate while the water bar rela industriously danced about in the wagon body, splashing the water high and far iu all directions. Following iu the wake of the Hying team and falling water were two comely mule cobs of the old mare, each with t??il ?v_ teuded, head elevated and feel bitting the ground in high places anly. As the extraordinary procession fairly Hew around the rear end of the Lancaster Mercantile company's store one of (he frightened colls was heard by "Billie-Buck" to excitedly ?xclaira : "What-the h?I'sthe matterwith mother!" "Damfino," replied the other diminutive mule, "hut she acts like she .bought some ass had ?tied the llock Hill street sprinkler to her caudal appendage." Those colls have not been seen n town since, and, so far as we enow, they may be still runling. Horses Starved to Death. I Charlotte Observer. Mr. W. C*. lLos<, the wellennwn West F- iirth street lively r>nn lk<io nnlni-o-l : 1 1 nun il^lllllS' I lie Southern Railway lor $l,3(>2.5() I'liis sum. he claims, represents he loss ol six hoise", which cl erl! while on their way in a ear fr< in J [linenil i* i. O., lo Clrrlol te, during the l.n-t week m March, Ihe 2 I-t. am! lien it u ri veil i< Cl:jn | lo'te a Wt ek latei, S'X I' the 24 were dead. Mr U is- allege* thai j I heir death w as due to staiv -j !i??u, no Ht'eniioii having hern niveil ihrin lie lias emp'oyed J Messrs. Morrison & Whtlork :oj iippear lor him A suit very similar 'o this It 's] nl.-O Icon entered t'gailist ihel South-;n by Mr. II ss for daiiia-. Hi s ti l(?. d In lihve h? ea s slain-' d41 hv > ? ar It a 1 "I horses which ' was -hip el oil' of Atlanta, (li J oilli; tune ag , In i|k> var wrl'e i gleven I ors- s. ol who li i timber al e dice. Ill" iiliuoiiil of tJai; live ??. k* ii f- r o" $252 .>0. M?s. K 1C. (J'oui! ;.n ! eltil )ivn | lelt Fiips *a> iHO' iiMi-i f< r La1 <*as ( ler to HK'ini .? t. w s ?llock Hi!I II.-ialii. i W - - - - -*.-a Acreage Report Doctored ? Representative Ellerbe St Charges and Introduces s Resolution Calling for th Figures. Washingto* , June 0.?Ueprr tentative Ellerbe, of South Care linn, introduced a resolution t( lay charging that the cottoi acreage report of the Depart inent of Agriculture issued yes terday giving an estimate c 28,680,000 acres, exceeds th amount actually planted, and i not warranted from the return received by the Depart men from its c >rps of correspondents The resolution directs th Secretary of Agriculture to fui nish the House at once the tabk lated sheets showing tiro est mate ot acreage made by th seven classes of correspondent: namely: The field agents, th State agents, the country com spoiident-, the township com spondents, tho pinners, t h special correspondents and tli individual farmers. Mr. Ellerbe states tliat l?e ha direct and po.-itive informatio that this cotton report h is bee manipulated to the disadvantag of the South and alleges that n one of the three traveling agen' ,l\v;i9 in two States upon wliicl they passed." Business Notices ?jj^F'AII Notices inserted inul? this head at the rate of ONE CEN A WOK I) for each insertion. N notice to be counted less than 5 words STRAY HORSE-A tall bay mar taken up on my plac?, near Klin Ridge?Owner may get same by paj ing expenses, etc. C. Fraxier. NOTICE?After .Inly 1st 1 will bav charge of Cunningham House and wi run same as boarding house For fin ther information apply to Mrs. M I Jones. 2 N'OTIC K?1 will lie in Heath Spring next Monday and Tuesday. June 11 i 12 making pictures. Give me a cal 1 ti. J. W. (took. NOTICE?In addition to my dm I have instilled a back line and ofTe my services to the public. I'bone 1!> .1. It. Wilson. IN I'l.M'K of nil rate of soda use" er<-i lite t??r a top dressing. For sale by TI ileulli-Joues Co. Announcements For MnKislrato. I liereliv >?- - --- ' I it | tlafe for reelect.ion to the ollioe o Magistrate for Hnionl Township.suh jrct to the rules ami regulations* the Oemucratic primary. \Vhi. ( aruus. I'or lltiKislrale. I hereby annoiinc myself a rami date fur reelection to the ollioe * M agist rale at Lancaster, subject t the rules ot i In- I temo-rat ic. priniar; IV, I' 4'askey. Notice. To A (I (li i ( iet ators, Kx?cuton, (Jua diaris ami 'ouimi tees : The law requires that you ina e ai nual return to the I'rohate court on < before the 1st. ?1?> of July in ea< caiendar \ ear. .1. K. Stew man. -It. I'rohate Juilge. ?The Iftt ie< ol > lid li ip i: cltttrcll M'l'Ve.l ic ? renin at t1 liap'ist j): r i<11oei* \ e tcr . y ofte I) O". \ jsM's ()'?, S;i ' utnl I'js'ell It... .1 ' ' V > I- . , - i 11 * - I| V l or < V ! ) >' -?i < 1 !\le- !,i \ nl'H'Knr .i ('..ov* rso Co r 11 i*>i?' homo 1 >< id v ;ift rno > , ' s|> nil 11?' - uii<inrr. r>. W '] Oregon .w: o tf ni'o 1 ?I e Oieoi vi 1' continonc in< ur, rooninp't ie*i tiio % ( 111?!u ios honiH. y Announcements. For County Nupervltme, 0 1 hereby announce myself a cam idate for County Supervisor, subject cl to the rules of the Democratic primary. If elected I pledge myself to G discharge the duties of the office to the best of my ability. I). W . Hendrix . For Count)' Supervisor. I hereby announce myself a candi' date for the office of County Supervisor, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. )- James O. Porter. 11 For County Supervisor. - I I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of County Supervisor, subject to the )l rules governing the Democratic primary. M. C. Gardner. For County Supervisor. s Mr. Editor?Please announce tlirog ugh the columns of your paper that I am a candidate for the office of C?unt ty Supervisor, subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary. * Two year- ago I was a candidate for e reelection to this office, but was defeated by a small majority?only ten f* votes. I shall ever be grateful to my . friends for their liberal support. l* L. J. Perry, i g For llc|trcMeiif alive. Ill the last campaign I made a close ' race lor the Legislature, and I prom0 ised my friends that if there was nothing to prevent my entering the t- race in the next campaign that I , would run again. And I now announce myself as a candidate for the e Legislature, subject to the Democratic primary. Trusting to the people e for their support, and promising the best service I am able to give them, if elected, I remain, 8 Geo. \V. Jones. II For IleprcNeutallve. n I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection to the House of e Representatives, subject to the rules O and regulations of the Democratic primary. J. \V. Maine). Ii For CeproNeii alive. I greatly appreciate the suggestion of myself as a candidate for the Le^? ~~ islature and the many assurances of support I have received. No man could esteem more highly t han myself _ the honor of representing this people there, for years of association with ?r them lias proven their worth ami inT te>rrity. I would like to serve them, 0 and, were I elected, I would do the 15 best I could for the whole people. I, therefore, announce myself a candi_ date for the Legislature, subject to p the Democratic primary, j Harry Ilines. For Comity Treasurer. Having served the unexpired term e of W. C. Cauthen, deceased, I hereby " announce myself a candidate for the p- ollice of County Treasurer, subject to ^ the rules of the Democratic primary. .1. K. Blackmon. fs For Comity in<11 lor. it 1 After manv solicitations to become a candidate for the otllce of County j Auditor, and the complimentary ?ote j 1 received heretofore, I have decided y I to run. I pledge myself to he govr erned by t lie ru:es arid regulations of the Democratic primary Mollis II Ilortoii. For Comity Auditor. ' * Having a thorough knowledge of the doties f the <>|||ce of County Au? ditor, and believing that 1 can give 'entire satisfaction therein, I herel y am ounce my sell a^ a candidate f? r said < tlice, subject to the rules ot the | Democratic primary .1. Wylie I'orter if l'i?r I'rtiltiilt' .Imlgr. ,1 I hereby animumv niys.-lf a candidate lor re-election to th? olllce of I'mhate Judge, subject in the rules oi the Ileniocratic primary. I .1. K. Slewinan. I'm* i In* Nriialr. i I lieii'hy iiiilioiiiu* ' iii\s It u i'itii.li bit. I for tho st.it, >eiiate, subject t*> the rir--> of the Democratic primary. ? i .111.ti r\ F<.stcr. I or Sla<?* Senator. I am a candidate tor State Senator, r- for Lancaster county, subject to the I rules governing the democrat i<* priI niarv elect ion. T Y. WH.I.IAMS >r i 'h I'or Sii|teriiileti<ler. t l.tl nea t ion. I hereby annnnnc myself a candidate for rt-elect ion to ! lie ottice .i <'omity Superintendent of Kducat ion. ? .mi eject to the rules cl I be I tenioc rat >c j primary. WMMoorc. for Sii|?eriilteii4l4*iit ll?l urn I ioi . e I berehv announce myself a c. uidi' date i or t be olllce of < 'o < t > Sti pep I ii I tendent. of Kduca ion, .stibj.'c, t o tbe rules and regular ions governing the Democratic primary. If e'eoted, I will . ...... UIJ I HI tlir <1111 It" HI ll><* otficp Kt'spi'i tTiil y, vv. a ioiizd ii itk> ? Mi a is. Clybnni ?ii i 1 *?>'>i < ^ s ii '? v ' a 'do-'i inn 'o t!i<? ,i ? |>eii:;iinv iii ih?ir jewelry -t p* by | titling in <i j'l iUi.'. i s r u .